At what age can you stop sanitizing babies bottles? I wash and then boil my daughters bottles.?

Question

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Answer 1

I only boiled them when the bottles were brand new. I now either soak/wash in really hot water, or use the dishwasher. My daughter is 7 months old and has never had a problem.

Answer 2

Everything I have read says to sanitize the bottles before use and then a dishwasher or hot soapy water is fine. I just read an article (don't remember where) that says that certain brands contain a chemical that breaks down with excessive heat so using the dishwasher or santizer can be bad for the bottle and the baby. It also said that if you do use the dishwasher that you should throw the bottles away after the child is done and buy new bottles for future children. Sorry, that I don't remember where I read it.

Answer 3

We stopped when we got tired of it. A dishwasher does a fine job of washing bottles, rings, etc. We did wash the nipples by hand, but otherwise put the rest in the dishwasher. My son was 3-4 months old, maybe.

There is a theory in medicine that says that the sudden surge in allergies corresponds to the kids whose parents tried to sterilize everything that the kid could possibly touch. The theory says that their young immune systems learn to recognize and deal with things in their environment at this age. Keeping them superclean prevents the immune system from meeting and greeting all these bugs, dirts, pollens, etc. When they do encounter them later in life, the immune system throws all it has into the fray. That overreaction is called an allergic reaction.

Talk to your doctor about it first, of course, but consider just using the dishwasher, putting the baby out on the grass, and skip washing the kitchen floor with lysol every night. It may save you a fortune in allergist bills, and keep your kid happy when they're older, too.

Answer 4

The only time I boiled my bottles was right after I bought them, before first use. I even forgot the diaper bag once and fed my baby from a bottle right out of the package(I was 50 miles from home). That was when my son was 3 weeks old.

Answer 5

I know it sounds unusual, but I rarely sanitize my daughter's bottles. Granted, I breastfeed so I only give her one once in a while, but I just wash/rinse it out really good, and she's been fine. I don't really get why people obsess over sanitizing them all the time. It's kind of unecessary.

Answer 6

I don't santitize her bottles after each use. I wash them of course, but I don't boil them. I boil the nipples once a week, but other than that I just wash the bottles and rings in hot soapy water.

Answer 7

??? I thought you only had to sanitize them if you had a premie or a baby with a weak immune system. And when the bottles were brand new. So you are supposed to boil them for every feeding?

Answer 8

I stopped boiling the bottle when my son was 2 months old.

Answer 9

I don't know if drs will actually say this or not, but some books say that if you wash them in a dishwasher the water is hot enough that you don't need to worry about it. Now that we have one that's all we do, and before we had one I just washed them in very hot water.

Answer 10

i stopped sterilising the bottles when both of my kids turned one my daughter still uses bottles at the moment i just wash them in soapy water then rinse them